Spontaneous regression of malignant lymphoma of the breast

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 537-542

  Iihara, Kuniko ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nishimura, Yu ^a   Iwasaki, Takuya ^b   Suzuki, Ken ^c   Hirabayashi, Yasuko ^c  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Breast; CD8 positive T cells; Large B cell lymphoma; Malignant lymphoma; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD8; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3242666823     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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